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A Katydid's Resourcefulness [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1903
DURING the past summer an intimate friend of the writer's observed a peculiar case analogous to the Irishman's “spitting on his hands for a fresh hold.” An ordinary katydid, in trying to climb along the slats of a window blind that were very smooth owing to the glazed surface of the paint, kept slipping on the smooth surface.
openaire   +1 more source

Nutritional and health status of woolly monkeys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha and L. flavicauda) are threatened species in the wild and in captivity. Numerous zoological institutions have historically kept Lagothrix lagotricha spp., but only a few of them have succeeded in breeding populations.
Ange-van Heugten, K.D.   +3 more
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Distribution and Biology of the Sphecine Wasps of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Biological information and distribution maps are provided for the 26 species of thread-waisted wasps that occur in Michigan. Podium luctuosum is a new state record.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
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3-D imaging reveals four extraordinary cases of convergent evolution of acoustic communication in crickets and allies (Insecta)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
When the same complex trait is exhibited by closely related species, a single evolutionary origin is frequently invoked. The complex stridulatory apparatus present in the forewings of extant crickets, mole crickets, katydids, and prophalangopsids, is ...
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Calling songs and duets of two new species in the Amblycorypha rotundifolia complex (Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Orthoptera Research
Two new species in the rotundifolia complex of Amblycorypha from the southern Appalachian Mountains of the USA are described. The calling songs and duets of these two phaneropterine katydids are characterized and discussed.
Timothy G. Forrest   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Texas coastal zone biotopes : an ecography : interim report for the Bay and Estuary Management Program (CRMP) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
November 1972Because esthetics, biological environment and physiography are so interrelated and have changeable meanings in various environments, we are obligated to think of the environment in terms of biological change, as environmental protection is ...
Gordon, Kennith G. (Kennith Glenn), 1930-   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Regional biodiversity of terrestrial Heteroptera and Orthoptera in southwestern Illinois [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
We conducted a baseline inventory of terrestrial Heteroptera (true bugs) and Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids) at foursites in Monroe and Randolph counties,Illinois in
Heads, Sam W.   +3 more
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Results of the 2016 Indianapolis Biodiversity Survey, Marion County, Indiana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Surprising biodiversity can be found in cities, but urban habitats are understudied. We report on a bioblitz conducted primarily within a 24-hr period on September 16 and 17, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Dolan, Rebecca W.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

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